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<br />."..{ <br />r:- <br /> <br />N <br />.;;.-t <br />c.) <br />~,.) <br /> <br />ARTICIE xv <br /> <br />The physioal end other conditions charaoteristic of the Rio <br />Grande and peculiar to the territory dreined and served thereby, <br />and to the development thereof. have actuated this Compact and <br />none of the signatory states admits that any provisions herein <br />contained establishes any general principle or precedent appl:l.o <br />cable to other interstate streams. <br /> <br />ARTICIE XVI <br /> <br />Nothing in this Compact shall be construed as affecting the <br />obligations Of the United States of America to Mexico under exist- <br />ing treaties, or to the Indian Tribes, or as impairing the rights <br />of the Indian Tribes. <br /> <br />ARTICIE XVII <br /> <br />This Compact shall become effective when ratified by the <br />legislatures of each of the signatory states and consented to by <br />the Congress Of the United States. Notice of ratification shall <br />be given by the Governor Of eaoh State to the Governors of the <br />other States end to the President Of the United Stetes, and the <br />President of the United States is requested to give notice to the <br />Governors of each of the signatory states of the consent of the <br />Congress of the United States. <br /> <br />m WITNESS WHEREOF, the Commissioners have signed this Compact <br />in quadruplicate orieinel, one of which shall be deposited in the <br />archives of the Department of State of the United States of America <br />and shall be deemed tha authoritative original, and of which a <br />duly certified oopy shall be fOI'Wllrded to the Governor of eaoh <br />01' the signatory Sta~es. <br /> <br />D one a t the City of Santa Fe, in the State of New Mexioo, an <br />the 18th day of March, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine <br />Hundred and Thirty-Eight. <br /> <br />(Sgd.) M, C, HINDERLIDER <br />(Sgd.) moos &\, MoClllRE <br />(SGD,) FRANK B, ClAYTON <br /> <br />A PffiOVED ~ <br />(Sgd.) S, 0, HARPER <br /> <br />14 <br /> <br />,-Co; ;~:_~.:- ~, . <br /> <br />'I <br />